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Warm-up 4-1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Replace the underlined words with a possessive pronoun: "That book is my book, not yours."

a)

mine

b)

ours

c)

theirs

d)

his

2.

What is the meaning of the personification "Good news travels quickly"?

a)

It means that good news spreads from person to person quickly.

b)

It means that news can walk fast.

c)

It means that news is delivered by a vehicle.

d)

It means that news is slow to spread.

3.

Which root means "to see"?

a)

-scope

b)

-gram

c)

-fract

d)

-ject

4.

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word "unanimous" in the sentence: "The decision was unanimous, and everyone agreed we should paint the building."

a)

agreed upon by everyone

b)

decided by one person

c)

undecided

d)

disagreed by most

5.

Rewrite the sentence using a prepositional phrase to start: "I saw the dog hiding behind the shed."

a)

Behind the shed, I could see the dog hiding.

b)

The dog was hiding behind the shed, I saw.

c)

I saw the shed behind the dog hiding.

d)

Hiding behind the shed, the dog was seen by me.

6.

What is a possessive pronoun?

a)
A possessive pronoun is a type of verb.
b)
A possessive pronoun indicates ownership or possession.
c)
A possessive pronoun describes an action.
d)
A possessive pronoun is a synonym for an adjective.
7.

What is personification?

a)
Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things.
b)
Personification is the study of human behavior.
c)
Personification refers to the act of drawing.
d)
Personification is a type of poetry.
8.

What is prepositional phrase?

a)
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that starts with a noun.
b)
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
c)
A prepositional phrase is a type of verb phrase.
d)
A prepositional phrase is a single word that indicates location.
9.

What are context clues?

a)
Context clues are hints in the text that help define difficult words.
b)
Context clues are summaries of the text.
c)
Context clues are the main ideas of a text.
d)
Context clues are the author's opinions on the topic.
10.

What is a root word?

a)

A root word is the main part of a word that holds its primary meaning.

b)
A root word is a type of punctuation.
c)
A root word is a synonym for a word.
d)
A root word is a grammatical error in a sentence.